Pull It One More Mile

Today Robert and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. It has been a trying five years, for sure. Not all marriages survive the things we've been though. Two babies. 7 months in a semi. Three moves. One death. These are events that can make or break a marriage.

Five years seems big to me. To me, five years is triumphant. I wanted my gift to Robert to be memorable. I wanted him to really know that I am in it. In it to win it. Robert and I have a magic number. We say 70/77 or See you at 70, see you at 77. We will be those ages when we celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. So, I wanted a gift that would depict that worthy goal.

Pull It One More Mile is a print of a Morgan horse that is blind due to a "lifetime of darkness." Ross Taylor says he looks at it when he is despondent to remind him to pull it another mile because it is the American way. My husband lives and breaths the American way. Not only is he Republican to a fault, he is a hard working entrepreneur who shifts between employee and employer often to feed his family.

To me, the print says more. I don't know what struggles we are to face, but I know who we are and I know we can handle it. I have seen my husband at his very best and his very worst. I know what it takes to be his wife and I know where we stand today more than ever before. I purchased the print not only to remind us to be hard working entrepreneurs, but to remind us that often in our marriage we must pull it one more mile.

Isaiah is sick today. Josiah is too young to leave my side. We have family in town visiting. Though I had road rage (I will explain in a later blog) and Robert and I fought like two crazies, it was a perfect anniversary. It reminded me that we are the couple we are because our whole life together has been one more mile. Here's to my husband...may there be many more miles. Happy anniversary!